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ReviewFrontiers in neuroscience2023

Tau protein plays a role in the mechanism of cognitive disorders induced by anesthetic drugs.

Zheping Chen, Shenghan Wang, Zhaoqian Meng, Yuyang Ye, Guoliang Shan, Xinyue Wang, Xin Zhao, Yanwu Jin

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Review in Frontiers in neuroscience, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 15 papers.

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15citing papers in PubMed
3.2field-weighted citation impact, top 9% of its field
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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

15 citing papers in PubMed, 16 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

8 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Zheping ChenDepartment of Anesthesiology, The Second Hospital, Cheeloo College of Medicine, Shandong University, Jinan, China.
Shenghan WangDepartment of Anesthesiology, The Second Hospital, Cheeloo College of Medicine, Shandong University, Jinan, China.
Zhaoqian MengDepartment of Anesthesiology, The Second Hospital, Cheeloo College of Medicine, Shandong University, Jinan, China.
Yuyang YeDepartment of Anesthesiology, The Second Hospital, Cheeloo College of Medicine, Shandong University, Jinan, China.
Guoliang ShanDepartment of Anesthesiology, The Second Hospital, Cheeloo College of Medicine, Shandong University, Jinan, China.
Xinyue WangDepartment of Anesthesiology, The Second Hospital, Cheeloo College of Medicine, Shandong University, Jinan, China.
Xin ZhaoDepartment of Anesthesiology, The Second Hospital, Cheeloo College of Medicine, Shandong University, Jinan, China.
Yanwu JinDepartment of Anesthesiology, The Second Hospital, Cheeloo College of Medicine, Shandong University, Jinan, China.
Second Hospital of Shandong University · CN

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Cognitive disorders are mental health disorders that can affect cognitive ability. Surgery and anesthesia have been proposed to increase the incidence of cognitive dysfunction, including declines in memory, learning, attention and executive function. Tau protein is a microtubule-associated protein located in the axons of neurons and is important for microtubule assembly and stability; its biological function is mainly regulated by phosphorylation. Phosphorylated tau protein has been associated with cognitive dysfunction mediated by disrupting the stability of the microtubule structure. There is an increasing consensus that anesthetic drugs can cause cognitive impairment. Herein, we reviewed the latest literature and compared the relationship between tau protein and cognitive impairment caused by different anesthetics. Our results substantiated that tau protein phosphorylation is essential in cognitive dysfunction caused by anesthetic drugs, and the possible mechanism can be summarized as "anesthetic drugs-kinase/phosphatase-p-Tau-cognitive impairment".

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anesthetic drugscognitive impairmentphosphorylationsevofluranetau protein

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PMID36937655
PMCPMC10015606
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